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Re:Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream on Monday June 08, 2026 @02:03PM (#48448826)
amen, god forbid they try to make a polished display of new features instead of fumbling through live presentations
Re:Tech CEO Pays $400k to Conduct the Toronto Symphony on Saturday June 28, 2025 @11:32AM (#44405413)
sounds like a gavin belson scene
I've connected my apple magic keyboard to my phone before, mostly just to see if it worked. It's a small compact thin and light keyboard. I'd imagine most keyboards with bluetooth these days probably connect, just depends on what kind of form factor you're looking for
Re:Sony Wearable Thermal Device on Thursday May 09, 2024 @09:57AM (#40308302)
I bought one of these in 2018 on ebay for my dad, and had it shipped from japan.

Living in the US I had to jump through the hoop of making a fake japanese icloud account just to be able to access the app on the app store, which is how you control the device.

Ultimately it seemed like a really cool device but at least at the time wasn't very effective or practical for cooling down, at least in my and his experience. This was mostly just being outside, doing yard work etc in the hot summer.

I think buying one of the <$50 portable neck coolers on amazon are probably just as if not more effective

Re:Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M3 Review on Monday April 29, 2024 @04:51PM (#40203992)
I have the m2 air and it's the best laptop I've ever owned. Perfect for travel as well, battery is amazing
Re:Apple doesn't allow you to change macOS cursor anymore on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:59PM (#39252602)
Maybe because all of these cursors reek of the 80s/90s. Besides size and speed do people really care these days?
Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working on Sunday November 12, 2023 @12:10AM (#38237512)
the pilot trying to shut off engines mid flight after having taken mushrooms 2 days prior definitely wasn't a great look either!
Re:Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:56PM (#38116483)
Dear Slack: Nobody likes your redesign, listen to the masses
I think the average user doesn't know or want to go out of their way for third party software to make the operating system actually usable
windows feels more and more like adware these days, kind of hard to beat the performance you get w/ a mac, not to mention a consistent ux
Re:Why your startup needs a podcast on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:51AM (#36616857)
the world doesn't need more podcasts
Re:40 Years of Koyaanisqatsi on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:20PM (#35765745)
this is a cool idea, thanks for sharing
Re:Apple Shutting Down Popular Weather App 'Dark Sky' Tomorrow on Saturday December 31, 2022 @12:41PM (#34198685)
unless i'm missing something I've been able to see the precipitation timelines for some time now in their weather app and widget, at least an hour out. (e.g. "Light rain is expected to stop in 17 min")

this was one of my favorite features too but afaict they integrated it (i'm on ios 16.3)

Re:Reddit's favorite products in one place on Thursday September 08, 2022 @10:01AM (#32765625)
also have used https://redditfavorites.com/ in the past
Re:Ask HN: Must have tools for a new MacBook on Friday August 19, 2022 @03:42PM (#32525231)
is there any advantage of using f.lux over the native nightshift these days?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you manage RSS feeds effectively? on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:37PM (#29572482)
I switched to using NetNewsWire as an open-source alternative and have been enjoying it, the mac desktop client works great for my needs. Had previously been using feedly for quite sometime, had contemplated upgrading but honestly didn't feel compelled to pay for an rss service. I sync my feeds via icloud and it works fine between desktop and mobile
Re:Cloud Infrastructure as SQL on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:36AM (#28561243)
How are you making the metabase<-->steampipe connection? Are you able to connect metabase directly to a running steampipe/ postgres server instance? or are you doing some ETL into metabase. Thanks in advance (metabase is new to me, but steampipe has been really handy)